SHS1 Agricultural Science · Semester 1 Week 8: Emerging Technologies in Agriculture.

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.1.2.LI.1 - Grow vegetable and ornamental crops using the known procedures and technologies.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the key steps in growing a selected vegetable crop (e.g., lettuce or spring onion) and an ornamental plant (e.g., marigold or croton) using one emerging technology method.
Prepare a growing medium using water, substrate (e.g., cocopeat, rice hull, or gravel), and a container suitable for the selected crop.
Demonstrate the correct procedure for planting seeds or seedlings in a substrate-based growing system, including spacing and watering.
Monitor and record the growth of the planted crop over time using a simple observation chart in their field notebooks.
Compare the procedure used in the substrate system with the traditional soil method and state at least one benefit of each.

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Curriculum details

Strand: New Dawn in Agriculture (Strand 1)
Sub-strand: Emerging Technologies in Agriculture. (1.2)
Content standard: 1.1.2.CS.2 - Demonstrate knowledge and skills in emerging technologies of vegetable crop and ornamental plant production and their benefits relating to real-life situations. 1.1.2.LO.1 Identify emerging technologies vegetable crop and ornamental plant enterprises. 1.1.2.LO.2 Compare and contrast existing and emerging technologies used vegetable crop and ornamental plant enterprises and their benefits.
Indicator: 1.1.2.LI.1 - Grow vegetable and ornamental crops using the known procedures and technologies.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 8 (Week 8 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 28

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Exploratory Learning: All learners embark on field visits to vegetable crop farms and ornamental plant parks to learn emerging technology procedures and management.
Project-Based Learning: In mixed groups (of 10), carry out a project on the production of selected vegetable crops and ornamental plants using water, substrate, and other media.
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Parks and Gardens
- Vegetable farms
- Reading materials
- Functional Internet facility
- Laptop computer
- Wi-Fi
- Seeds of selected vegetables
- Ornamental plants
- Containers for planting
- Water
- Field notebook
- Pens
- Functional Internet facility
- Video documentaries on tissue culture
- Smartphones
- Recorded videos on other emerging technologies
- LCD projector
- Internet facility
Assessment (1.1.2.AS.1). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding.